Walking Onions

heirloomgal

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I have a few walking onions near the chives. I no longer remember where they came from ... or, why ;). They are much too strong flavored to be appreciated.

No mention of shallots :)? This year, with its downsizing, must be the first time in over 3 decades that I haven't had shallots. They are seriously missed. Recent years have been this mess over several seasons of growing offspring of what was originally a French hybrid variety. With every saved seed episode, they were more diverse and further from the original French type. Well, I say "original" but I certainly don't know what the parents were of the hybrid.

I have never grown potato onions but with so much change but still small multipliers, I wondered if maybe that was a parent. Anyway, the good thing was that they still had a shallot flavor. So, i didn't lose much by messing around ;). However, knowing what the harvest will look like and a consistency, adds something positive to my gardening experience.

Steve
 
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